Similar to the situation in China, Foxconn has signed collective agreements with managerial friendly trade unions in India.

In the summer of 2006, British, Chinese and US press reported poor working conditions in an iPod factory operated by Foxconn.

[2] In response to media pressure and local interventions by Shenzhen municipal state officials, Foxconn promised to form a union.

In March 2007, Foxconn CEO Terry Gou's special personal assistant, Chen Peng,[a] was elected as its first chair.

[3][5] Foxconn again made global headlines in 2010, when over a dozen workers committed suicide due to strenuous working conditions.

[5] The Economic Policy Institute criticized the FLA report for giving Apple and Foxconn 'undue' credit, despite ongoing issues including forced overtime and the continued use of underage labour.

As a result, it also inherited the prior existing trade union of OS KOVO,[10] the metal workers affiliate of ČMKOS.

When AIADMK party came into power in 2013, Foxconn India made a wage pact with their respective union Panchalai Anna Thozhilalar Sangam, which was valid until 2016.